Watch our full, in-depth interview with Belgian director Johan Grimonprez about his Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, featuring clips from the film, which recounts the events leading up to Black American jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach’s 1961 protest at the United Nations of the CIA-backed killing of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.

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